Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Mike Jones, an '09 first round pick? His catches definitely need to increase, and with the now traditional weak Arizona State offensive line, Jones may not have the time he needs to finish his routes and get open consistently. I would not be surprised if he were a first day pick, though. Both FanNation and ESPN's Todd McShay have Georgia's Matt Stafford and Knowshon Moreno at the top of their '09 draft boards. Our defensive ends have been known to disappear when we're playing top quarterbacks (I'm talking to you Vasquez and Davis, making JD Booty and Colt McCoy look like first rounders), so Stafford has every reason to be optimistic about having a big day against us.

(Fullerton, CA) – It required extra innings on Wednesday night at Goodwin Field, but this time it was Arizona State that pushed across a pair of runs in the final inning to defeat Cal State Fullerton 10 to 8, and earn a split in the two game mid-week series. There was plenty of offense early, but as the temperature cooled on Wednesday night, so did the bats. After ASU pushed across a single run in the top of the sixth to tie the game up, it was nothing but zeros until the top of the tenth. After two fly balls to the outfield retired the first two Sun Devils, a walk and a pair of plunked batters loaded the bases up for sophomore Raoul Torrez. Having struck out already four times earlier in the evening, Raoul didn’t wait and slapped the first pitch he saw through the middle, bringing home the winning as well as an insurance run.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

This is the type of year that is burned forever into the minds of Sundevil fans and anti-wildcat worshippers. Soak it up, fans. The Devils have sent UofA sport teams back to their locker room with that pitchfork stuck where the sun don't shine at a record pace this year, as this article from ESPN.com shows so elegantly. Bask in the glory, SUNDEVIL fans, as we know that Wilbur is blowing some coke with Wilma at a local egees working up the courage to face us next year...

Thursday, April 10, 2008

With the win over Stanford on Friday night, head coach Pat Murphy recorded his 200th career victory in Pac-10 play. Murphy now holds a 200-142 career mark in conference action, including conference titles in 2000 and 2007.